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(No Model.)

No. 300,402. YPatentedJune l?, 1884.

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PATENT Erice BENJAMIN SMITH, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO WILLIAM J. MCCAUSLAND AND ROBERT BARNETT, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

BALE- TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed February 1, 1884.

Patent No. 300,402, daten June 17, 1884.

(No model.)

f0- aZZ 'wmntil may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and use iul Improvement in Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciication.

IiIy invention relates toan improvement in baleties formed of a single piece of wire,with an eye at one end and a protected hook at the other, the object being to so forni a hook that the same will not yield under tension.

IThe construction is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is a top view ot' the hook. Fig. II is a side view of the bale-tie.

'I'he novel features of the invention are that of a rear projection from the point of the hook and the insertion of the ring C in the curved point ot' the hook to stiien the same. The ring is not an essential feature of the invention, but in some cases, it is thought, would prove advantageous. B is a circular eye,

formed near the end of the wire, the free end being twisted around to make the holding of the eye secure. The hook A is formed by bending` the wire upon itself, then bending the folded end in asemiciroularform-that of a hook-thus leaving this end between the l semieircular coils, with the said end extending outwardly. A distance from the point of the hook a twist is given to fasten the end, and the hook is complete. The ring C may be inserted in the curve of the hook, as illus- 4o trated at Fig. I; but the same will be generaliy dispensed with. The eii'ect of the rea-r extension from the point of the hook is to strengthen theV saine, so that the hook will bear a much greater strain than if not thus t5 constructed. As the strain comes upon the hook, any yielding thereof causes the projection to bear on the opposite end or eye of the bale-tie, and thereby serves to stay the hook when subjected to great strain.

Having iuliy described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I l. A wire hook for a baleltie, with a rear extension to stay the curved end of said hook, 55 substantially as set forth.

2. A wire hook for a bale-tie, with a rear extension and an interlocked ring in said hook, substantially as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a. bale- 6o tie with eye to engage the hook of the same, having a rear extension to bear upon said eye, substantially as shown and described.Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aiiix my signature in presence of 65 two witnesses.

BENJAHIN SMITH. XVituesses:

B. PICKEEING, ROBERT BAENETT. 

